Chapter 5
“Myla!”
Elijah rushed over and shoved Anna aside.
Just as Myla’s hands lost their grip and she was about to fall, Elijah grabbed her in time and hauled her back up.
Myla fell into his arms, tears brimming in her eyes. “Elijah, thank goodness you came when you did. I almost fell…”
Elijah glared at Anna through gritted teeth. “What happened?”
Anna, knocked to the floor, pointed desperately at the security camera. above them. “Elijah, she killed my parents! Check the footage. She staged the whole thing!”
However, Myla clutched Elijah’s collar and said tearfully, “Elijah, don’t blame Ms. Legrand. Maybe the medicine triggered her mania. I just wanted to calm her down, but she suddenly pushed me. I’m fine, let’s not
make it worse…”
Elijah did not even think twice before fully believing Myla. When he turned to look at Anna, his eyes were ice cold.
“Anna, I told you that Myla’s the one helping me get better. She’s been kind enough to help you too, but you keep making things difficult for her. Why can’t you just act right?”
Anna thought she would be numb to the pain by now, but his blind trust. in Myla still made tears stung her eyes.
“Elijah, you don’t believe me? She admitted it! Just check the cameras and you’ll see!”
Elijah’s voice dripped with cold mockery. “You think I’d believe your lies? I don’t even need to look at the footage to know you’re lying! Anna, why do you never learn?
“Fine, if once isn’t enough, then learn it ten times, a hundred times!”
He turned to the bodyguards.
Tie her up. Hang her on the railing until she figures out how to behave. Let her down when she understands her mistakes.”
The guards grabbed Anna, tied her hands tight with rope, and hoisted her over the railing.
She dangled there, the weight of her whole body tearing at her wrists until she felt like her arms would rip clean off.
Her face turned pale from the pain, but her eyes stayed cold and empty.
She looked Elijah dead in the eye, her voice steady, laced with hate. “I did nothing wrong.”
Elijah waited, fully expecting her to cry and beg, but all he saw in Anna’s eyes was cold indifference, stubbornness, and even a mocking glint that stung his pride.
A flicker of panic flashed through him, but it was quickly buried by
anger.
Grinding his teeth, he forced out a sneer, grabbed a bucket of ice water, and dumped it right over her head.
The freezing shock made Anna’s whole body tremble.
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However, the man in front of her was only looking at her with coldness in
his eyes.
He barked at the bodyguards, “Hang her here like this. Pour another bucket on her every thirty minutes. Let her down when she admits she was wrong and begs for forgiveness!”
Myla tugged at his sleeve, pretending to be soft–hearted. “Elijah, isn’t this too harsh? She’s still your wife after all. Just let it go…”
Without even glancing at her, Elijah snapped, “Since she’s my wife, she should be the most obedient! She hurt you and refuses to admit it, so she’ll pay for it. No one talks me out of this!”
Then he picked Myla up and carried her back to the room.
Anna stared at his retreating back and let out a soft, hollow laugh.
“Elijah, oh Elijah, you once knelt before me and swore you’d never fail me in this life. If you ever hurt me, you’d suffer ten times worse yourself.
“And now, look at what you’re doing for her…”
Ice water soaked her clothes and skin, sending the chill down to her bones. Her arms felt like they were being torn apart, but slowly, numbness crept in.
Somewhere between frozen and faint, a sharp pain stabbed through her lower belly.
Anna lowered her head weakly and felt warmth spread beneath the icy cold.
Soon, bright red blood mixed with freezing water dripped onto the floor, drop by drop.
